TV tonight: 'Ninja Warrior,' Stephen Hawking

June 1, 2016 7:02 AM

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This popular variation on a Japanese TV competition, which crowned its first ever million-dollar winner last season, returns for another go-round of its obstacle course. And it returns with new obstacles — Floating Steps, Tic Toc, Escalator and Ring Jump — to be faced by returning competitors Kevin Bull, Jessie Graff and Grant McCartney. Hosts this year are Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbajabiamila and Kristine Leahy.

This science series from Stephen Hawking, which challenges ordinary people to tackle complex subjects, concludes with two episodes: What Are We? and Where Are We? The first outing focuses on such revolutions as self-assembling machines and light-up bacteria; the second, on our true place in the univ...